Re: A. pertensis

[Steven Hutchins <hutchins.33@osu.edu>]

At 07:13 PM 1/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>This past week I got a spawn of A. pertensis and now have wrigglers.  The
spawn
>came hours after I conducted an 80% water change with all r/o.  When I took
>parameter readings I was surprised to see a pH of 4.4!  Keep in mind that
this is
>very soft water, so while it is decisively acidic, it is very diluted.  I
believe
>it would be a different story when hard tap water drops that low.  Still,
I can't
>recall getting an Apisto spawn at this low of a pH. (Tetras and Rasbora,
but not
>Apistos.)
>
>Also, yesterday I found Apistogrammoides eggs--finally.  She still is
guarding
>about ten. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
>
>--Randy
>
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I'm glad to hear about your success Randy, keep us updated